short: 'Billy Biggs will be holding a talk on DVD technology (in particular, CSS and playback issues) under Linux, giving some technical details as well as an overview of the current status of Free Software efforts. All are welcome.'
date: 'Wed Feb 13 2002 17:00:00 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)'
date: 'Wed Feb 13 2002 16:00:00 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)'
short: ' This is the first in a series of seminars that cover the use of the UNIX Operating System. UNIX is used in a variety of applications, both in academia and industry. We will be covering the basics of the UNIX environment, as well as the use of PINE, an electronic mail and news reader. '
date: 'Thu Jan 31 2002 19:00:00 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)'
date: 'Thu Jan 31 2002 18:00:00 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)'
short: 'This the second in a series of UNIX tutorials. Simon Law and James Perry will be presenting some more advanced UNIX techniques. All are welcome. Accounts will be provided for those needing them.'
date: 'Thu Feb 07 2002 19:00:00 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)'
date: 'Thu Feb 07 2002 18:00:00 GMT-0500 (Eastern Standard Time)'
short: 'War, insanity, espionage, beauty, domination, sacrifice, and tragic death... not what one might associate with the history of computer science. In this talk I will focus on the origin of our discipline in the fields of engineering, mathematics, and science, and on the complicated personalities that shaped its evolution. No advanced technical knowledge is required.'
date: 'Tue Jun 10 2003 17:30:00 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)'
date: 'Tue Jun 10 2003 16:30:00 GMT-0400 (Eastern Daylight Time)'
short: 'A talk by Jim Elliott. Jim is responsible for IBM''s in Open Source activities and IBM''s mainframe operating systems for Canada and the Carribbean.'